Double boost for Pompey
28/04/2006 - 11:03:38Striker Lomana LuaLua and midfielder Pedro Mendes are ready to return to the Portsmouth squad at Wigan.
Mendes is set to replace Richard Hughes after two matches out with a thigh strain while LuaLua, who has missed the last three games, may take a seat on the substitutes’ bench after a week’s oxygen tank treatment on his damaged ankle.
On-loan Salif Diao may also figure having made a comeback as a late substitute last week after hamstring trouble.
Gary O’Neil starts despite a foot injury which has restricted his training since the win over Sunderland.
Provisional squad: Kiely, Priske, Primus, Stefanovic, Taylor, O’Neil, Mendes, Davis, D’Alessandro, Todorov, Benjani, LuaLua, Hughes, Diao, Karadas, Routledge, Pamarot, O’Brien, Ashdown.
